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The Khatyn Memorial is a symbol of tragedy and unbelievable courage of the Belarusian people; it is a tribute to the memory of every third Belarusian killed in the Great Patriotic War… The Belarusian village of Khatyn is famous all over the world. Here on 22 March 1943 the Nazi brutally murdered 149 local residents, including the elderly and 75 children. The people were burnt alive in a locked barn. Those who tried to escape from the fire were shot dead. This impressive memorial was built in place of the village to commemorate the tragedy of Khatyn and hundreds of other villages destroyed together with its residents. More than 36 million people from around the world visited the place since the memorial was unveiled in 1969.


Logoisk District. There is a guide sign “Khatyn” 54 kilometers away from Minsk on the M3 Minsk-Vitebsk highway. The Khatyn Memorial will be just 5 kilometers away.


There is also a memorial complex Dalva located not far from Khatyn. This memorial stands on the place of the village that shared the fate of Khatyn. On 19 June 1944 the Nazi burnt alive 29 local children, 13 women and 2 men.


Commemorates Belarus’ liberation from the Nazi invaders. Taking part in Operation Bagration, a codename for the Soviet 1944 Belorussian Strategic Offensive Operation and one of the biggest operations in the history of humankind, were four fronts led by outstanding military leaders Rokossovsky, Zakharov, Chernyakhovsky and Bagramyan, as well as sailors of the Dnieper river flotilla, French pilots from the Normandie-Niemen Regiment and, of course, Belarusian partisans. The Mound of Glory Memorial Complex is 70.6m high. On top of the hill (35m) that holds the soil brought from the hero cities are four bayonets symbolizing the brotherhood of fatherland defenders, and a glory ring depicting the faces of soldiers and partisans.


Two concrete stairways lead to the Mound of Glory, 241 steps each. At the bottom is an open-air museum where one can see legendary weapons and tanks of the Great Patriotic War.


The fascinating open-air military museum is located in the Minsk fortified zone, which was part of the famous Stalin’s Line built in 1930 along the borders of the USSR stretching from Karelia in the north to the Black Sea coast in the south. The museum has authentic pillboxes from the times of the war. It also features all kinds of trenches and antitank ditches, shooting positions, bunkers for soldiers and trenches for guns. The museum has Belarus’ biggest exposition of military equipment, aviation and weapons of different years, starting from the times of the Great Patriotic War, a unique collection of gun turrets from the First World War...


Stalin’s Line is an interactive museum: Here you can see the reenactment of historical battles, fire a real weapon from the times of the Great Patriotic War (Mauser, Mosin rifle or Maksim machine-gun), drive a modern armored vehicle and legendary tanks, and taste soldier's porridge. The museum has the memorial "Maritime Glory of Belarus" that boasts a 300-year-old anchor of the times of Peter the Great and famous amphibious tank PT-76.


Minsk District, near the village of Loshany, 6km away from the town of Zaslavl


Zaslavl, one of the most ancient towns of Belarus, will turn 1,030 years in 2015. Its history is connected with the tragic fate of the Polotsk Princess whose family was destroyed by the husband, Kiev Prince Vladimir. After the failed attempt to avenge, Rogneda, who became the first Belarusian Christian, returned to the homeland. A new town was built for her and her son Izyaslav who was called prince the bookman for his wisdom… Today, the museum-reserve brings together more than a hundred hectares of the ancient part of Zaslavl, specimens of history and architecture: the ancient settlement Zamechak (10th-11th centuries), burial mounds of the 10th -11th centuries, ancient settlement Val, Holy Transfiguration Church (formerly a Calvinist church), a Roman-Catholic church of the 18th century, a palace and park ensemble...


The museum-reserve also includes a museum exposition, the ethnographic complex Mlyn (Mill), a museum-pillbox and a children's museum of myths and forests.